I got a brand new chimney made on top, made out of a human skull

I'm just getting depressed doing this. I'll make this one march.



Oooh, no. This is BusenuR's "BK Rigged Mesh Head & Skin & Eyelashes Mesh". I'm just trying on the head. Moving on.



This is Akeruka's "Hanna" mesh head. Next.



GA.EG's "Adriana" mesh head. Next.



And this is "Barbara" from the same maker...



...and this is "Jennifer"...



...and this is "Kirsten". Cue aggrieved sigh. I don't think I can work with any of them.

I hope that I can find a place where it could be

So I had another head from SL CAT to try, but if the "Sweet" head couldn't be edited, I doubt the "Venus" head can be. So we skip.



Okay, I won't lie, this one will never be a daily look head. It's also designed to be a ToodleeDoo avatar head (though why toddler avatars want a cracked and broken doll's head, I have no idea. ToodleeDoo avatars are creepy enough on their own.)

But...it's cool. I may actually pick it up for a Hallows look.



This is an automatic no, though. This is Pure Hell's "Insane" demo. Of course it is.



This is Miss Canning's "Alexis" head, and honestly, they should just go ahead and rename her "Angelina". And no.

Much as I adore Miss Jolie, no.



This is the first Bento mesh head from Autumn Splendor, and it has the same problem I had with Utilizator's "Normie" head. Too square a jaw.



This is the "Bambi" head from Starlust. Hmm. She might have potential.



Never mind. Played about with the expressions hud a bit. Not for me.

I would have bled and cried for all the years

Here we go again...Had some time, was on a deleting spree, decided I'd go through some more mesh head demos.



Like this one, which out of the box, looks really irritated. This is the Melissa head from--I think--this store, but it's hard to tell, because the Melissa package doesn't have a landmark and there are three different maker names on the objects in the folder.



Unfortunately, this was the best I could get it to do with a bit of work, so...sorry, Melissa. You go bye-bye.



AAAAAAAAH! NEXT!

...I maan, so...this is Inaya's "Kaj" mesh head.

And no. Obviously.



This is the Mashenka mesh head from Kitties' Lair. And she's cute, I give her full points for not being a mutant on my shape out of the box. She's just nowhere like me. Which is fine, that's why I'm demoing all these heads to try to find something that is close to me.



This is the Havana head in, I think, Sunkissed? From LikeLi. Again, cute, but...no.



And this is SL CAT's "Sweet" mesh head. Hmm. Intriguing. Can I do anything with it...?

...and, that answer is no. It cannot be edited except to move the eyes by 0.00003%. Bother.

have you ever thrown a fistful of glitter in the air?

So, a bit from RL. No one panic; this won't happen that often.

The last Community Day for Pokemon Go happened on June 16th, but that was a very busy day, and the two following were no less busy, so I'm only getting to it now. I wanted to upload a few images, though.

When Pokemon Go launched, I had zero interest. I admit it. It didn't hook me. In fact, the iPod I had at the time couldn't even download the mobile program to run it, so why bother? I still don't know what changed, but about a month ago, the loves got me into it, and I fell hard.

The first Community Day I was part of was for Charizard, and I didn't understand all of the rules yet. I'm still surprised I managed to evolve two, one Shiny (which turned dark when fully evolved), and one normal. I did okay, basically, but I could have done better.

Two days ago, Niantic launched Larvitar for the Community Day festivities. This was the first one I caught:



I caught a few other things, and then my second roundboi, a Spheal:



and finally caught a wailmer:



We were sitting in a local park for this. (The iPod GPS is strange in that, generally, I can sit in one place while my Pokemon avatar runs around like a madwoman, so I get to hit all the PokeStops, and, occasionally, the gym. Others had to walk the park, back and forth, looking for the same things I got from sitting in one place. Yeah, it's kind of cheesy, but it's not a cheat--it's just the GPS interface for Apple products is fairly crap.)

This is the park:



And this is the tree we spent the three hours of the Community Day under:



It's a very pretty tree, and it only dropped one spider on me, and I can't really blame the tree for that. And the spider was pretty understanding about being relocated.

She was pretty. She was pale peach. Sadly, I have no picture of her.

Anyway, it was pretty fun. I ended up with (in addition to the other random Pokemon I caught) two pretty impressive Tyranitars, one fairly decent shiny Tyranitar, and one shiny Pupitar. Neat.

And...that's it, I just wanted a blog commemoration.

Oh, yeah, and this...



Yeah, okay. That's it.

she disguises herself in her New York fashion

This is literally the "Some" mesh head from *(OO)*YUKI. For me, it's just some kind of nope.



Sul? No.



"Sweet" is made entirely of forehead. No.



And "Tea" doesn't have enough forehead.



Hello, Tina? Goodbye, Tina.



And Viang's not bad, but I'm pretty sure I can't distort it into my face. so...nope it is.

So many heads, so many vetos...

I try to push the colours through a prism back to white

Is this my fault for pulling so many heads from *(OO)*YUKI to try? Maybe, but Muo looks strained and pinched. No.



Nina? Nooooo.



Reea is dying, or sedated. Dun' want that.



Ria's better, but still no.



Rika has freckles, beestung lips and insane makeup. Next.



Sasha's another no. Why are all these heads so tiny?

stolen kisses, pretty lies, rose garden filled with thorns

My first reaction is, "Oh, Honey, no", but...she is less of a mouthbreather than *(OO)*YUKI's April.



Kang's right out, too.



Nope. Am I being too harsh on Kit? I mean, it's really the mesh eyes I'm still wearing that give her the goggle-eyed appearance, but...still. I'm searching for something that will be my face, will be, in some sense, me. Kit is not me. I'm moving on.



Love's baby nope.



Nope for Luna, too.



And Mori is Luna, blushing.

Onward we go.

My life is like a wound, I scratch so I can bleed

Halp, no. Just no. I'm just Munch does nifty things, but their Lizzie head...I'm not even going to try.



I am now beheaded. But still, even though you look stunned by a mallet, April, I will keep you around to play with later. *(OO)*YUKI may be on to something.



But you're way off track with Boo.



And Dama looks way too nervous.



Oh, come on. Punched in the mouth and fourteen? Du is a harrrd no.



Hello, nightmare fuel. Okay, Ela's out. Why is finding a mesh head so difficult?

rise above the hurt and listen to these words

Gods, some days I hate people.

[21:58] exxxx Rxxxxxxx: M I 2 O Vanilla Bae (65,129,22)
[21:59] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ???
[21:59] exxxx Rxxxxxxx: H I 2 O
[22:00] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: X Y 3 T
[22:01] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no, it's H I 2 O
[22:01] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i have no idea what you're saying

Why do they insist on breaking the rules of their own group...

[22:01] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[22:01] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lucky letter boards
[22:01] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well why didn't you SAY so?
[22:02] xxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: most people get it...
[22:02] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oO
[22:02] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: is there still an x? :D
[22:02] Emilly Orr: Not. This. Again.

So fed up, and I've only been in this group a week. Maybe I'm just easily irritated right now.

[22:02] xxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there is no X up at all
[22:02] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: bummer
[22:02] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[22:02] Emilly Orr: PLEASE call letters in the OTHER group. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

Because this is becoming a pattern of repeated stupid.

[22:03] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: other group?
[22:03] exxxx Rxxxxxxx: H I 2 B
[22:03] Emilly Orr: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[22:04] xxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I appreciate it. This is the only Vanilla Bae group I'm in, and it works for lucky letters.

No. It. Does. Not. As stated later just one line farther down, the group rules state NOT TO PULL THIS CRAP in the main store group!

[22:04] Emilly Orr: Also, it's in the group rules: "Please do not announce lucky board info in this group! There is a Lucky Letters group for that chat specifically."
[22:05] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: so, if I join the other group for lucky letters, that's all I need to have on to click the letters, too?
[22:06] Emilly Orr: You need THIS group active to get gifts from the lucky boards. You need THAT group to call the letters.
[22:06] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lmao
[22:06] pxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx shakes her head

Well, of course you think it's silly. Why would the group rules apply to someone with a brain made of spackle?

[22:07] yxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: tp please
[22:08] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: bcuz this group is the vip group to get the gift, the other is so people dont have to see spammed letters and close chat missing updates and info
[22:08] Emilly Orr: ^^^ That
[22:08] xxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can i get an invite to the other group?
[22:08] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[22:08] xxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ty
[22:08] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yw

Then, several minutes later:

[22:14] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Hello yall sorry i was looking at another screen but yes Alice is correct there is no letter shouting in this chat. If it continues or any complains regarding lucky letter can get to the point of getting kicked from group, or getting chat muted and or lucky letters will no longer be a thing at vanilla bae. Thank you all for obey the rules that have been set out. Thank you:)

No, thank YOU, [Sxx]. SO much.

People. Sheesh.

An hour and a half later, as I'm editing this up, this happens:

[23:30] dxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Q 6 W
[23:30] dxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Vanilla Bae (49,137,21)
[23:30] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[23:30] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wrong group for letters
[23:30] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Always beat me [Axxxx] XD
[23:30] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[23:31] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it was still in my clipboard
[23:31] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: haha makes sense XD
[23:31] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: :)

Cue massive, massive, aggrieved sigh. Maybe that's what I should do. Whenever I see letters called in the main group from now on...just copy-paste the lucky letters group. Repetitively if I have to. Maybe hearing it enough times will help it sink in.

The trick is to bang the rocks together, guys. You'll get there.

even though the teeth are long gone, there's still bone beneath the gum

OMG, it happened again...

[13:01] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: U J F K
[13:03] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ty [zxxxx]

No, feck off, [zxxxx]. Stop it with this calling-letters nonsense. There is another group for that.

[13:03] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: :))
[13:03] rxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thank you [zxxxx]
[13:03] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: U B 2 Q
[13:03] bxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: tp

Don't encourage them.

[13:03] rxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wish ther was a R there always miss it :D

[13:04] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ummm ladies

[13:04] rxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: :(

[13:04] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: u cant call out the letters here

[13:04] bxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: obrigada

[13:04] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: theres a seperate group for it

Yes, there is, but do they listen? No they do not.

[13:04] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: U W 2 Q
[13:06] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: U N 2 Q

See? Stupid people. Again.

[13:06] Nxxxx Kxxxx: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[13:06] Nxxxx Kxxxx: that's the group for the letters
[13:07] Nxxxx Kxxxx: I got in trouble for doin' it in here already *smirks*
[13:07] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Vanilla Bae
[13:08] Exxx Hxxxxxxxx: [zxxxx]... that's this group. lol

Head used for hair storage. Only explanation.

[13:08] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes
[13:08] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Vanilla Bae
[13:08] Emilly Orr: We are not going through this again.
[13:09] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: land
[13:09] axxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lmfaoo

No, you demented little Muppet, it is not this group! It is an entirely separate group! Go join that one, you loon!

[13:09] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: just ignore em and let them get in trouble lol
[13:09] zxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Vanilla Bae

Why do I even bother?

[13:09] wxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Is there an slurl for the letters group?
[13:10] Nxxxx Kxxxx: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[13:11] Nxxxx Kxxxx: that's what I meant to post earlier, oops sorry *grins innocently*
[13:11] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Thank you [Dxxxxxx]:) Please please keep letters in that chat.
[13:11] wxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Tis okay, thank you [Dxxxxxx]!

Bah. A pox on all their houses.

my brain was still today, just taking a little death

This is going to be one of the very few times I'm going to link to the group rather than anonymizing all references. I think it's important in this case. I will, however, still anonymize avatar names, much as I am tempted not to, because of the level of stupid involved.

Let's go.

[13:10] xxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: A 6 V L
13:10] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[13:10] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: A ?
[13:10] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[13:10] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: please keep letters in that chat.
[13:11] xxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: S 6 V L
[13:11] Emilly Orr: Way to read.

I do not apologize for the snark.

[13:12] xxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: S 6 V 4
[13:12] xxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: S S V 4
[13:12] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wrong group for letters [axxx]
[13:12] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: S S V 4
[13:13] Kxxxxxxx Pxxxxxxx: Wow.
[13:13] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: are people really that stupid?
[13:13] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: S S N 4
[13:13] Emilly Orr: Yep.

Again, I think the snark here is perfectly valid. Let's be real: we live in a world where Donald Trump is president and Brexit happened. So yes, people are that stupid.

[13:13] Txxxxx Lxxxxxx: maybe bots?
[13:13] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: O.o
[13:13] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I have asked for you not to call out letters.
[13:13] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: looks like a few butts gonna get kicked
[13:13] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: they cant read letters that form sentences!!!
[13:13] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: space em out they may understand then

I'll have to remember that for next time, if it happens again. "S t o p - p o s t i n g - h e r e - p l e a s e". Maybe that would work!

[13:13] Emilly Orr watches with popcorn
[13:13] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[13:13] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh share please Emily
[13:14] Emilly Orr passes popcorn out
[13:14] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thanks Emily
[13:15] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: J Q N 4

Oh, for the love of...

[13:15] Exxxx Cxxxx: so what group are the letter supposed to be in?
[13:15] Txxxxx Lxxxxxx: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[13:15] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: the lucky letter group
[13:15] Exxxx Cxxxx: ty
[13:15] xxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Sorry, I did not know that I could not post the lyrics here, and I do not speak English, make sure the person speaks your language so you can tell them. Thank you for all the warning! Goodbye!
[13:15] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Thanks
[13:16] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: grup 10L
[13:16] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you are speaking it just fine now

She could have used a translator, but that's not the important point. The point I want to draw attention to is she thinks the lucky board group is L$10 to join. I checked it after the bit of chat I wanted to reference ended, and...it's a free group.

Let me say that again, because it sounds vaguely important: IT'S A FREE GROUP. So not only can't she read, she can't math? What the hell?

[13:16] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: We like to keep this free from letter calling because we do not want yall to close chat and miss out on giveaways.
[13:16] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: offers Emily a toffee chew
[13:16] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: someones panties in a twist
[13:17] xxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: traduction :)

Whatever that means...

[13:17] Txxxxx Lxxxxxx: I think it's possible to just turn off an individual's ability to chat or not in a group
[13:17] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes it is
[13:18] Emilly Orr: That's true. Also, 10L for a group is nada. There are groups that charge 300L, 500L, Alice Project charged me 800L to join when I was in it. 10L is a PITTANCE.
[13:18] Txxxxx Lxxxxxx: so true
[13:18] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: J Q 4 4
[13:18] Emilly Orr: OMG
[13:18] Emilly Orr: SHUT UP

Was this out of line? Probably. But it was so frustrating at this point.

[13:19] axxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yeah and AP never gave gifts after a while
[13:19] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [vxxxxxxxx] stop, post in the right group
[13:19] Exxxx Cxxxx: i went to a mens hair place just an hour ago... wanted 1700L to join their group
[13:19] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ouch
[13:19] Txxxxx Lxxxxxx: holy wow
[13:19] Exxxx Cxxxx: paying that much would be rather Unorthodox
[13:20] Hxxxx Hxxx: Sorry girls
[13:20] pxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: haha
[13:20] xxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I see what you did there

I did too, but...I'm leaving it in, because it's a fair cop. It's an insane amount for a group fee.

[13:20] xxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol [Exxxx]
[13:20] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Problem has be solved:)

I had just pulled Miss V's profile to read through when this line posted in chat, and I now know how the problem was solved: Miss V was bounced from the store group. Serves her right.

[13:20] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thank you
[13:20] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: :)
[13:20] Emilly Orr: Yay!
[13:21] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: doesnt botherr me i just like to uphold rules for respectful groups/businesses
[13:21] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thanks for the popcorn EMily
[13:21] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: No for the future please please keep letters in the group Love you all
[13:21] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: This group: .Vanilla Bae. Lucky Letters and Gifts
[13:26] Emilly Orr: You are welcome, luanamae, and thanks for the toffee!

Then, a bit later...

[13:44] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i forget can i get the letters with this group tag or must i have the other tag?
[13:44] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: This group tag
[13:44] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thanks
[13:44] sxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: letters are just shouted in the other chat :)

So, in line with other groups who develop lucky chair/lucky board groups to prevent mass calling of boards in their store's main chat, we still need the main group to get gifts from the boards, but we use the lucky board group to call letters. What's so hard about that? It happens EVERYWHERE. Literally E. V. E. R. Y. W. H. E. R. E.

Get your act together, guys.